Holder or support for graphophone-cylinders.



N0- 637,933. Patented Nov. 28, I899.

' F. B. HORTON.

HOLDER 0R SUPPORT FOR GBAPHOPHONE CYLINDERS. (Application filed Jan. 20,1898 (No Model.)

FTE 4- WITNEEEEE WNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

EREDRIOK B. HORTON, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, AssIoNOR, BY DIRECT ANDMEsNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO GEORGE W. YOUNG, OE SAME PLACE.

HOLDER OR SUPPORT FOR GRAPHOPHONE-CYLINDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 637,933, dated November28, 1899.

Application filed. January 20, 1898. berial No. 667,181. (No model.)

T 6! whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDRIOK B. HORTON, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residin g at Lynn, in the county of Essex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHolders or Supports for Graphophone-Gylinders; and I do hereby del clarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichitappertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to standards or supports for graphophonecylinders or blanks; and it has for its object to produce a device whichshall be simple in construc tion and soarranged that it will support thegraphophone-cylinders firmly without danger of the surface of saidcylinders becoming damaged and whereby said cylinders may be placed onsaid standard and removed therefrom without the necessity of the fingersof the operator coming in contact with the recording-surface thereof.

To the above end the present invention consists of the devices andcombinations of devices which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

The present invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 shows a plan view of a box or casing with the coverremoved, containing a plurality of the supporting-standards, said figurealso illustrating a portion of the protective covering of the basedetached and turned up to show underlying construction. Fig. 2 shows alongitudinal section through the box or casing with the cover in place.Fig. 3 represents in perspective the supporting-base with one of thestandards in position thereon. Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate details ofconstruction which will be hereinafter referred to.

Similar letters of reference will be used to designate correspondingparts throughout the specification and drawings.

In the drawings, A represents the supporting-base, which may be made ofany suitable material, and B represents one of the supporting-standards,which is secured to said supporting-base in any suitable manner.

The supporting-base A may be of sufficient size to support a singlestandard only, or, as

illustrated in the drawings, a plurality of the standards B may besecured to such base.

The standards B extend vertically from the base A, and said standardsare provided with radial ribs 1), which ribs are designed to engage theinterior surface of the graphophone cylinders or blanks as saidcylinders or blanks are forced down upon the same, as will be clearlyunderstood.

The standards B may be provided with any suitable number of radial ribsZ) which may be deemed desirable; but as illustrated in the drawingssaid standards have four such ribs, which are arranged to project atright angles to each other, as clearly shown.

, The standards B are firmly secured to the base A, and, as shown in thedrawings,the base A is provided with grooves or slots a, which extendlongitudinally and transversely along the upper surface of said base,crossing each other at the points a, and in said grooves or slots a atthe points where they cross each other the lower ends of the standards13 are fitted, the ribs 1) of the standards B extending along thegrooves or slots afrom the point or junction a, as clearly shown in Fig.3, and in order to secure a firm union between the standards B and thebase A any suitable adhesive material may be used to secure a closeunion between the lower ends of the standard B and the grooves a.

The standards B may be made of any suitable thin material, and inpractice I have.

formed the same of stiff paper or cardboard, and the radiating ribs 1)may be produced by either folding a strip of cardboard and securing thefolded port-ions by cement or a suitable adhesive; but, as shown in thedrawings, a simple and convenient way of producing the standard Bconsists in forming two blanks b and 19 said blanks being provided withslots 1) and b, said slots being out along the longitudinal medial lineof each blank and extending inward from opposite ends thereof.

In forming the standard B from the blanks b and b the blanks are placedat right angles to each other and with the slotted ends in such positionthat the slot of one blank will engage the unslotted portion of theopposite blank, and in order to secure the blanks b and I) together toform the standard B the blank 19 is provided with a clip or bar If",which is firmly fastened at its upper end and closes the slot Z2 acrossthe upper end of the blank I). I

The construction as above described comprises a complete andeffectivesupport for graphophone-cylinders, which consists of a suitablebase and the supporting-standard; but in practice I prefer to cover theupper surface of the base A with a layer of felt or other suitablematerial a whereby the ends of the graphophone-cylinders which may beforced in contact with such base will be efiectually protected fromdamage. In practice also in order to provide an effective shipping-casefor graphophone-cylinders I may secure the base A and the standards Bthereon in the bottom of a suitable box or casing O and provide the samewith a suitable cover 0, the base A being fixedly secured in anysuitable manner in the bottom of the casing O, and on the inner surfaceof the top of the ,box or casing is secured a layer of felt or othersuitable material which will protect the upper ends of the graphophonecylinders or blanks from damage.

' The box or casing O and the cover 0 may be made of any suitablematerial, such as the outer edges of such ribs with suitable frictionalcovering W, of felt or other suitable material, as clearly shown in thecentral standard in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

It is to be noted that by constructing the standards B with radialengaging ribs the graphophone-blanks can be placed thereon or removedtherefrom without the operators fingers coming in contact with therecord-receiving surface of said blanks. In removing the blanks from thecylinder the operator brings the fingers of one hand into closeproximity and inserts them into the upper open end of the blanks anddown along the sides of the radial ribs into the longitudinally-disposedfinger receiving grooves and then spreading his fingers to bring them incontact with the inner surface of the blank removes said blank by anupward pull, thus re-' moving the blank without touching the record-receiving surface at all.

Having fully described the construction and mode of operation of myinvention, I desire to state that I do not wish to limit my-- self tothe details of construction shown and described; but

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates-- 1. In a support for graphophone cylinders or blanks, thecombination with a supporting-base, of standards projected therefrom,such standards being of substantially the length of the graphophonecylinders or blanks, so as to provide a support for the same throughoutsubstantially their Whole length and provided with longitudinallydisposed finger-receiving grooves constructed and arranged to receivethe fingers of the hand through the open end of the cylinder or blank,substantially as described.

2. In a support for graphophone cylinders or blanks, the combinationwith a supportin g-base having intersecting grooves along its upperface, of a standard provided with radial engaging ribs, the lower end ofsaid standard fitting in said grooves at the points of intersection ofsaid grooves and secured therein, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDRIOK B. HORTON.

W'itnesses p A, E. WHYTE, O. KITCHING.

